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Learning from Libraries that Use WordPress: Content-Management System Best Practices and Case Studies
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| Kyle M. L. Jones and Polly-Alida Farrington |
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Item Number: 978-0-8389-1162-4 |
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Publisher: ALA Editions |
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Price: $65.00 |
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This title is also available for purchase as an e-book or as a print/e-book bundle.
176 pages
8.5" x 11"
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-1162-4
Year Published: 2013
AP Categories: A, B, C, D, I, J, Z
Read an article by the authors from American Libraries and a sample of the book now!
With its intuitive interface and open-source development method, the WordPress web platform has emerged as a uniquely flexible content management system (CMS) with many library-related applications. In this book Jones and Farrington, two web designer/librarians, explore the variety of ways libraries are implementing WordPress as a CMS, from simple "out-of-the-box" websites to large sites with many custom features. Emphasizing a library-specific perspective, the authors
- Offer a brief history of WordPress, reviewing its genesis and sketching in some possible future directions
- Analyze the software’s strengths and weaknesses, spotlighting its advantages over other existing web publishing platforms as well as discussing the limitations libraries have encountered
- Present a variety of case studies, offering first-hand examples which detail why WordPress was selected, methods of implementation and degree of customization, feedback from users, and reflections on usability
- Discuss essential plug-ins, themes, and other specialized applications for library sites
This useful book shows how scores of libraries have used WordPress to create library websites that are both user-friendly and easy to maintain.
Table of Contents
Foreword, by Michael Stephens Preface Acknowledgments
Part I Getting Started with WordPress 1 Multiple Identities: For Blogs, for CMSs, and So Much More 2 Preparation, Installation, and Initial Settings
Part II Full-On Customization with Themes and Plugins 3 Extensibility via Plugins 4 Look and Feel with Themes
Part III WordPress Cookbooks: Tips, Tricks, and Plugins 8 Enhancing the User Experience 9 Roll Your Own Social Network
Creating Dynamic Subject Guides, by Laura Slavin and Joshua Dodson First-Year Seminar Blogs, by Jacob Hill and Peg Cook BuddyPress and Higher Education, by Michael Stephens and Kenley Neufeld From LibGuides to WordPress, by Paul Boger Creating Digital Archives with WordPress, by Kelli Bogan Ten Ways WordPress Can Improve Website User Experience, by Aaron Schmidt and Amanda Etches-Johnson Using WordPress to Create a Virtual School Library, by Anne Robinson Many Websites, One Installation: Blogging with WordPress MU at Skokie Public Library, by Mick Jacobsen and Toby Greenwalt Kansas Libraries on the Web, by Liz Rea
About the Authors
Kyle M. L. Jones is a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the School of Library and Information Studies, where his research interests are focused on e-learning informatics, traditional and non-traditional online learning environments, and digital library technologies.
Polly-Alida Farrington is a former academic librarian with 17 years’ experience in reference, government documents, ILL, and technology. Since 1996, as principal of PA Farrington Associates, she has offered technology-related training, web project development, and consulting services to libraries, library systems, and schools.
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Managing Digital Projects
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Item Number:
978-0-8389-1055-9
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Time-strapped librarians need a book that brings them up to speed on this responsibility now fundamental to every library, and this thorough, one-stop resource offers detailed coverage of the process from beginning to end. |
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Price: $75.00 |
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